specific9 OP t1_j0v5vd6 wrote on December 19, 2022 at 5:38 PM

Reply to comment by ArboroUrsus in Do you know what one of the scariest theories are? by specific9

OK I will. The false vacuum theory is where the entire universe could be a false vacuum and not a true vacuum. It could be slightly unstable, and if a strong hypernova or supernova that could rupture the false vacuum it could destroy anything and everything around it and it’s just scary.

fallingcave t1_j0v67kp wrote on December 19, 2022 at 5:40 PM

No use in worrying about something that we Can do nothing about

ArboroUrsus t1_j0v621g wrote on December 19, 2022 at 5:39 PM

That's pretty cool. Would we know about it? Or would it be an immediate big crunch?

jol72 t1_j0v7lem wrote on December 19, 2022 at 5:49 PM

It seems that if the universe were that unstable the decay would have already happened. The universe has had A LOT of time for any event to happen.